Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-04
HOG cholera.
A Number Of Cases Discovered on the Upper
End Of the Island.
WHAT CAUSED THE OUTBREAK.
The Opinions Of DIS. Myers and Robinson, Of
the County Board Of Health.
R4RM QUARANfIEED D.

Hog cholera has again made Its appear
ance in Ohio county, this time on the north
end of Wheeling Island, where it has been
propagsted by feeding hogs on city garb-
age. Understanding that the County
Beard of Health had discovered the state
of affairs aud taken the matter in hand, q
REaIsTER man yesterday queried DIR. Rob-
inson of the Board concerning it. He said:
THE diseases known as hog cholera
and typhoid fever in man are patholog-
ically the same disease, hence it is easy in
this outbreak to trace it to its fountain
head. The garbage of the Island,
and some from the city proper, has
been hauled this summer to the
farm Of Mr.. C. Lash on Wheeling Island,
where il has been fed to his hogs. About
one month ago he noticed some of the
hogs becoming sick and consulted q physi-
clan, who advised him not to kill any for
his own use, so he sold the fat ones that
were not sick 10 the butchers and there
the matter rested until now, when the
County Board OF Health's attention has
been called to the trouble and they find
that he has
LOST SIX FINE HOGS,
worth from Sl2 to SIS each, and has three
now sick, while some are not yet al
fected."
What is the cause of the outbreak, doc
tori"
"Why, the hogs have been fed on garb.
age, of which a pile yet remains, enough
in fact, to keep the crematory in material
for a week, the odor from which Is dread
full, to say the least. 1t is the opinion OF
the Board that the disease has been pro-
duced direct from the germs Of typhoid
fever found in the garbage.
This shows the necessity Of having the
garbage taken to its proper place, the Gre
matory, and also shows how closely rela-
ted are the diseases Of man aud domestic
animals, and the necessity Of making it
the duty of every person having diseased
stock to report at once TO the proper au-
thorities."
Meeting DR.. C. E. Meyers, President of
the County Board, later, the reporter
asked him for additional information con-
corning the matter, and in answer to an
in~terrogatory, he said:
There have been seven or eight deaths
already and others IRE sick. The owner
was about to remove them to some place
in the country either in this county or
over TO Ohio, but they were prevented
from doing so by DR.. Robinson and my
self. We ordered the sick hogs to be sep
arated from the well, and all placed under
quarantine"
What in your opinion was the cause OF
the diseaSe?"
"In my opinion the disease was the re-
suit Of garbage being dumped on the up
per end of the Island and the city health
authorities paying no attention to it. II
being the duty of the city Health Commit
tee to look after the garbage the county
Board will call their attention to this neg
lect of duty and ask them to enforce the
law, notwithstanding the threat Of the
Council Committee on Health that they
would
MAKE IT HOT
for the County Board if they undertook to
enforce the law in the city limits. The
law will he enforced as long IS I have it in
my power to do So"
Itisno doubt due to the prompt action
of Drs. Myers and Robinson that this dis
ease will be checked and prevented from
spreading TO other portions of the county.
DR.. Robinson will look after those hogs
that are sick and none of the hogs will be
allowed to be removed until all danger Of
contagion is passed.
DR.. Myers also says that the we'll from
which the family get their is situated
right betweenthe stable and hog pen on one
side aud the garbage dump OF the other,
only a few feet away, and the water should
not he allowed to be used.
The Board has placed the farm of Mr.,
Lash in quarantine and taken such pre-.
cautionary measures to check the spread Of
the disease that it is hoped in a short time
IN lsava fha ommun free from il